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The driver today is the most important person in the cab industry, rather than the passenger, says Al Sadoff, former general manager of Diamond Taxi. (...)
The driver today is the most important person in the cab industry, rather than the passenger, says Al Sadoff, former general manager of Diamond Taxi. (...)

The driver today is the most important person in the cab industry, rather than the passenger, says Al Sadoff, former general manager of Diamond Taxi. (...)

Date10/23/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: The driver today is the most important person in the cab industry, rather than the passenger, says Al Sadoff, former general manager of Diamond Taxi. Absentee owners are more concerned about satisfying their drivers than providing good service to the public, Sadoff claims.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0078322F
A cab driver in Jaipur has to put a little more into his job than a Toronto taxi operator, particularly going uphill
A cab driver in Jaipur has to put a little more into his job than a Toronto taxi operator, particularly going uphill
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Over coffee, independent cab owner Frank Clifford (right) makes a point yesterday to Al Sadoff, president of the Metro Toronto Taxicab Conference, and(...)
Over coffee, independent cab owner Frank Clifford (right) makes a point yesterday to Al Sadoff, president of the Metro Toronto Taxicab Conference, and(...)
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Wiping his eyes, Yellow Cab driver Nick Bazigos walks past some of the 1,000 taxis lined up today in a final tribute to Gordon Stoddart, a part-time d(...)
3/19/1975
Metro taxi cabs jam entrance to Queen's Park as drivers protest the freeing on bail of a 16-year-old girl accused of killing a cab driver
Metro taxi cabs jam entrance to Queen's Park as drivers protest the freeing on bail of a 16-year-old girl accused of killing a cab driver
7/27/1978
Diamond's Al Sadoff. I think I'll get out
Diamond's Al Sadoff. I think I'll get out
6/10/1974
After giving driver her autograph, Margaret Trudeau leaves New York taxi cab yesterday at photography studio
After giving driver her autograph, Margaret Trudeau leaves New York taxi cab yesterday at photography studio
3/10/1977
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David Braide, a vice-president of Canadian Industries Ltd. and likely next chairman of Canadian Chamber of Commerce, says governments are starting to follow suggestions of business world. He says the chamber can accomplish a lot working quietly with, rather than against, governments, and hearing their point of view.
David Braide, a vice-president of Canadian Industries Ltd. and likely next chairman of Canadian Chamber of Commerce, says governments are starting to follow suggestions of business world. He says the chamber can accomplish a lot working quietly with, rather than against, governments, and hearing their point of view.
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Simple solution: Al Pountney, sales manager of Gyro Mazda, believes manufacturers should drop prices rather than offer various incentives.
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David Collier, president of General Motors of Canada, says the auto industry's current sales slump is due to consumers' fears about the future rather (...)
David Collier, president of General Motors of Canada, says the auto industry's current sales slump is due to consumers' fears about the future rather (...)
3/27/1975
The chairman said Todd also violated other licensing bylaws by kicking passengers out of his cab before they reached their destination and by not picking up the first person to hail him
The chairman said Todd also violated other licensing bylaws by kicking passengers out of his cab before they reached their destination and by not picking up the first person to hail him
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